What part of "EXHAUSTED" do you not understand????

Hello all:

I am sure alot of us here expierence daily fatigue some days worse than others.  But here is my problem, I have sleep apena, leaky heart valves among other medical problems that render me fatigued throughout my days, so bad that sometimes I call out sick from work.  I cannot get used to this cpap machine because i have post nasal drip, more like POST NASAL SLUDGE (eeeewww), and allergies that makes using this thing that much harder!  Anyway, my son's father knows about all my condition and still has an attitude with me because when I call out sick from work I am supposed to be home cleaning the place top to bottom...I mean, duh if I told him i called out from work because I am exhausted..i am home resting not getting all Merry Maid around the house!  Dont get me wrong, the place isn't so messy its an embarrasment or anything like that at all.  Besides I always like to do my housework during the weekends.  When I come home from work I cook and I clean-up after myself but that isn't enough with him, not to mention cleaning up after my 3 year old son.

Not only do I have to deal with attitudes at home but also at work with my supervisor who likes to yip yap about me all the time to her so-called friends....I smell a HIPPA violation here!  She has a serious attitude with me about  calling out sick and I haven't gone over my sick days at all.   

Question:  does anyone know about disability in New York?  Would multiple medical conditions make me eligible for disability?

I don't know about NY, I'm in Oregon, but it sure seems like you would qualify for something, it's worth checking into. And you might want to check into your works sick policy, I know where I used to work, if you called in more than 3 times in a 3 month period, you were disaplined. But check into the disablity thing, what would it hurt?

Hi JoJo3147,

   I'm there with you on the Apnea and the sinus/allergy stuff it is absolutely rough.

Do not allow this to be your defeater. I got fired from my job because I did not know I had sleep apnea so bad I was getting zero REM sleep and was making errors at work.Then I couldn't get unemployment because it was disciplinary.

My silver lining was that as soon as I lost my BCBS,Nc my TRICARE Standard said yes we will pay for your WLS.What a Blessing in disguse!Hang in there and call the Social Security people in your state and ask about applying for it. Ruth  

Thank you for  your input...i will have to make that call soon because i don't know how much longer i can deal with this and if my job is going to cut me loose.  i am trying to stay positive and wait for my approval or denial from aetna.  Thanks again.

I don't know if you have gotten an answer yet, but have you checked to see if your company has enough employees to qualify for FML (Famiy Medical Leave Act), if so, you may be able to get that and it should protect your job.  And also, your superzisor is not allowed to ask why you are calling in sick, because that is a HIPPA violation.  As far as I know, it's a federal thing that says your employer can't ask why your calling in sick.  Hope this helps and best of luck to you.

Robert